Sacred Heart Pioneers vs Penn State Nittany Lions Prediction, 11/29/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Sacred Heart Pioneers vs Penn State Nittany Lions

Date: Saturday, November 29, 2025

Location: Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, PA

TV: Peacock

The Sacred Heart Pioneers (2-4) are headed to Bryce Jordan Center on Saturday where they will try to beat the Penn State Nittany Lions (6-1).

The Sacred Heart Pioneers took the court against Central Connecticut and took a loss by a final of 108-106 in their last contest. When talking about fouls, the Pioneers finished with 22 and Central Connecticut totaled 15 fouls. They also made 7 of their 16 tries from 3-point land. Central Connecticut finished 75.8% at the charity stripe by burying 25 of 33 attempts. In addition, Central Connecticut had 30 rebounds (7 offensive, 23 defensive), but couldn't earn a rejection. Central Connecticut earned 22 assists and had 7 steals for this game. Regarding defense, Sacred Heart allowed their opponent to shoot 61.3% from the field on 38 of 62 shooting. They also recorded 15 assists for this contest as well as forcing 11 turnovers and earning 6 steals. In regard to hauling in boards, they compiled 24 with 7 of them being of the offensive variety. When they shot from the free throw line, the Pioneers knocked down 25 of their 26 attempts for a rate of 96.2%. Sacred Heart walked away from the contest with a 50.7% FG percentage (34 out of 67) and knocked down 13 of their 30 three-point shots.

Anquan Hill is someone who was a major contributor for this contest. He finished the game at 47.8% from the field and also totaled 2 assists. He was on the court for 37 minutes played and snagged 5 rebounds. He accumulated 34 points on 11 out of 23 shooting.

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Sacred Heart enters this matchup with a mark of 2-4 on the season. They currently have an average of 82.0 points per contest (124th in Division 1) while going 44.5% from the field. The Pioneers are hitting 36.5% from downtown (73 of 200) and 75.2% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Sacred Heart is collecting 35.2 rebounds per game and is sitting with 91 assists on the season, which has them ranked 245th in Division 1 in terms of passing. They are giving up possession 12.2 times per contest and as a team are committing 15.3 personal fouls every game.

When they are on defense, the Pioneers are forcing their opponents into 14.0 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 16.3 personal fouls. They are 324th in college hoops in allowing assists to their opponents with 113 conceded on the season. The Pioneers are giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 48.3% (169 of 350) and they concede 34.5 boards per contest as a group. They surrender 39.9% on 3-point shots while they are 311th in college in opponents PPG (81.2).

When they last stepped on the court, the Penn State Nittany Lions got the win with a final of 96-87 when they faced Boston. In the matter of rebounding, Penn State allowed Boston to grab 24 in total (6 offensive). They wrapped up this game 47.1% from 3-point land by going 16 of 34 and walked away from this one shooting 9 out of 13 from the free throw line (69.2%). The Nittany Lions permitted Boston to make 31 of 54 attempts from the floor which had them at 57.4% in the matchup. At the conclusion of this game, the Nittany Lions finished 30 out of 52 from the field which gave them a percentage of 57.7%. With respect to shots from beyond the arc, Penn State knocked down 8 out of 19 attempts (42.1%). They were able to knock down 28 of the free throw tries for a rate of 70.0%. Boston was called for 31 fouls for the game which took the Nittany Lions to the charity stripe for a total of 40 tries. They coughed up the ball 3 times, while recording 5 steals in this contest. The Nittany Lions were able to corral 17 defensive rebounds and 8 offensive rebounds for a total of 25 in the game.

Josh Reed ended up being a factor for the Nittany Lions in the matchup. He earned 17 points in his 26 minutes on the hardwood and accumulated 1 assist for this contest. He knocked down 5 out of 6 for this game giving him a rate of 83.3%, and accounted for 8 rebounds.

Penn State has a record of 6-1 this season. The Nittany Lions are responsible for committing 13.1 personal fouls per game and they shoot 70.2% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 14.6 times per contest (189th in the nation) and they turn the ball over 7.1 times per game. Penn State has totaled 571 pts so far this year (81.6 per contest) and they average 32.7 boards per game. When it comes to offensive execution, the Nittany Lions are shooting 50.1% from the floor, which ranks 42nd in the nation.

The Penn State defense gives up 31.8% on shots from behind the 3-point line (57 of 179) and opponents are making 81.4% of their free throw shots. They have given up 15.4 dimes and 30.7 rebounds per game, which ranks 291st and 51st in the nation. The Nittany Lions on the defensive side of the court are 130th in college hoops in points per game surrendered with 70.7. They are able to force 12.3 TO's every game and have allowed teams to shoot 46.1% from the floor (284th in college).

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Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Sacred Heart

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